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Lineage (ancestry)

Direct descent from an ancestor; a family line.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
Duplicate · right

Data lineage

The recorded trail of where data originated and every transformation it passed through.

First in use: the 2000s

Lineage / Lineage (ancestry) / Data lineage

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Family trees vs. where your data came from.

Which meaning of Lineage is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Lineage (ancestry) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Data lineage arrived in the 2000s. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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